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Herd

Gen. 13:5; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0034, H1241, H4735, H5739, H6629
Hebrew
בָּקָר · bâqâr
Greek
ἀγέλη · agelē

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀγέλη

G0034
Transliteration
agelē
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

herd

Lexicon definition

ἀγέλη, -ης, ἡ (ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for עֵ֫דֶר ;] a herd: Mat.8:30-32, Mrk.5:11, 13, Luk.8:32,33.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בָּקָר

H1241
Transliteration
bâqâr
Pronunciation
baw-kawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
183

Glosses

beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.

Lexicon definition

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing)

collectively, a herd

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מִקְנֶה

H4735
Transliteration
miqneh
Pronunciation
mik-neh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
76

Glosses

cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.

Lexicon definition

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock

abstractly, acquisition

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֵדֶר

H5739
Transliteration
ʻêder
Pronunciation
ay'-der
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
38

Glosses

drove, flock, herd.

Lexicon definition

an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צֹאן

H6629
Transliteration
tsôʼn
Pronunciation
tsone
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
274

Glosses

(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Lexicon definition

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats)

also figuratively (of men)

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

בָּקַר

H1241
Transliteration
bâqâr
Pronunciation
baw-kawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
183

Glosses

cattle, herd, ox, beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.

Lexicon definition

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing)

collectively, a herd

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Herd

Gen. 13:5; Deut. 7:14. (See [272]CATTLE.)

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Herd

Indexed occurrences: 21

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Strong's Concordance

Herds

Indexed occurrences: 53

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All Scripture references235 references

Genesis 25

Exodus 9

Leviticus 12

Numbers 53

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 2

Judges 2

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 9

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 18

Nehemiah 2

Job 5

Psalms 4

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

Joel 1

Amos 1

Jonah 1

Micah 3

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 1

Matthew 3

Mark 2

Luke 4

Acts 3

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Beast

This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (Ex. 22:5; Num. 20:4, 8, 11; Ps. 78:48); of beasts of burden (Gen. 45:17); of eatable beasts (Prov. 9:2); and of swift beasts or dromedaries (Isa. 60:6). In the New Testament it is used of a domestic animal as property (Rev. 18:13); as used for food (1 Cor. 15:39), for service (Luke 10:34; Acts 23:24), and for sacrifice (Acts 7:42). When used in contradistinction to man (Ps. 36:6), it denotes a brute creature generally, and when in contradistinction to creeping things (Lev. 11:2-7; 27:26), a four-footed animal. The Mosaic law required that beasts of labour should have rest on the Sabbath (Ex. 20:10; 23:12), and in the Sabbatical year all cattle were allowed to roam about freely, and eat whatever grew in the fields (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:7). No animal could be castrated (Lev. 22:24). Animals of different kinds were to be always kept separate (Lev. 19:19; Deut. 22:10). Oxen when used in threshing were not to be prevented from eating what was within their reach (Deut. 25:4; 1 Cor. 9:9). This word is used figuratively of an infuriated multitude (1 Cor. 15:32; Acts 19:29; comp. Ps. 22:12, 16; Eccl. 3:18; Isa. 11:6-8), and of wicked men (2 Pet. 2:12). The four beasts of Daniel 7:3, 17, 23 represent four kingdoms or kings.

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Hagarene

Or Hagarite. (1.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David's flocks. "A Hagarite had charge of David's flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, because the animals were pastured in districts where these nomadic people were accustomed to feed their cattle." (3.) In the reign of Saul a great war was waged between the trans-Jordanic tribes and the Hagarites (1 Chr. 5), who were overcome in battle. A great booty was captured by the two tribes and a half, and they took possession of the land of the Hagarites. Subsequently the "Hagarenes," still residing in the land on the east of Jordan, entered into a conspiracy against Israel (comp. Ps. 83:6). They are distinguished from the Ishmaelites.

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Herd

Gen. 13:5; Deut. 7:14. (See [272]CATTLE.)

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Herdsman

In Egypt herdsmen were probably of the lowest caste. Some of Joseph's brethren were made rulers over Pharaoh's cattle (Gen. 47:6, 17). The Israelites were known in Egypt as "keepers of cattle;" and when they left it they took their flocks and herds with them (Ex. 12:38). Both David and Saul came from "following the herd" to occupy the throne (1 Sam. 9; 11:5; Ps. 78:70). David's herd-masters were among his chief officers of state. The daughters also of wealthy chiefs were wont to tend the flocks of the family (Gen. 29:9; Ex. 2:16). The "chief of the herdsmen" was in the time of the monarchy an officer of high rank (1 Sam. 21:7; comp. 1 Chr. 27:29). The herdsmen lived in tents (Isa. 38:12; Jer. 6:3); and there were folds for the cattle (Num. 32:16), and watch-towers for the herdsmen, that he might therefrom observe any coming danger (Micah 4:8; Nah. 3:8).

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Swine

(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps. 80:13).

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